US Peers into Japan and Sees Itself

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peer (vi): " to look searchingly at something difficult to discern"
All English definitions are from www.m-w.com.

Martin Fackler and Steve Lohr, U.S. Hears Echo of Japan’s Woes; Striking Parrells Seen in Economic Slump. New York Times, Oct. 30, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/world/asia/30japan.html?src=twrhp&scp=1&sq=fackler%20japan&st=cse

Window in the print: Economists are looking to see how the US can avoid the deflation trap.

Note:
(a) Hiroshi KATO 加藤 寛

Founded by 嘉悦 孝 (Taka KAETSU) in 1903 as 私立女子商業学校 (women only), the private Kaetsu University 嘉悦大学 emerged in 2001 as a four-year co-educational institution.
(b) tart (adj):
"1: agreeably sharp or acid to the taste <a tart apple>
2: marked by a biting, acrimonious, or cutting quality <a tart rejoinder>

(c) Paragraph 8 states "Mr. Bernanke is said to be ready to take new, unconventional steps to increase the money supply."

That is quantitative easing (QE2), where 2 alludes to a second time, I guess. The prospect of QE2, which causes unilateral devaluation, upsets China.
(d) Shumpei TAKEMORI 竹森 俊平
(e) heizo TAKENAKA 竹中 平蔵
(f) Osaka Shinkin Bank 大阪市信用金庫 (Shinkin = 信金)
(g) For "dresser saving," see Welsh dresser
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_dresser
(h) Akira OTANI 大谷 聡
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